Women's stories 10.08.1999 (1999)

The program is dedicated to the actress, opera and chamber singer Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova.

Opera singer (mezzo-soprano) Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (née Vetoshkina) was born on January 2, 1925 in Moscow.

Her father, Konstantin Vetoshkin, was a major specialist in the field of construction.

Her mother auditioned for the choir of the Bolshoi Theater, but her husband did not allow her to work there.

As a child, Irina entered the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory in the piano class, but was unable to study due to a sudden illness.

Later, she entered the Gnessin School.

In 1942, after finishing school in evacuation in Tashkent during the Great Patriotic War, Irina entered the Moscow Architectural Institute (MARCHI), which was also evacuated to Tashkent.

During the evacuation, Irina resumed her music studies and began performing solo numbers at concerts at the institute.

In 1948, she graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute and worked in the Voenproekt architectural design studio.

In the same 1948, having learned that the Moscow Conservatory had opened an evening department, Arkhipova, continuing to work as an architect, entered the first year in the class of People's Artist of the RSFSR Leonid Savransky.

In 1953, she graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory.

In 1954-1956, she was a soloist at the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater.

In the theater, she performed the leading mezzo-soprano repertoire.

In 1955, she won the international vocal competition at the V World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw.

In 1956-1988, Irina Arkhipova was a soloist at the Bolshoi Theater.

She made her debut in the part of Carmen in the opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.

Subsequently, this part became one of the best in the singer's repertoire and received worldwide recognition.

During her years at the Bolshoi Theater, the singer performed in dozens of repertoire operas, sang the parts of Marfa in Khovanshchina and Marina Mnishek in Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky, Lyubasha in The Tsar's Bride, Vesna in The Snow Maiden and Lyubava in Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Her repertoire included the parts of Polina and the Countess in The Queen of Spades and Lyubov in Mazepa by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Amneris in Aida, Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera, Azucena in Il Trovatore and Eboli in Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi.

The singer toured abroad a lot.

Arkhipova's triumphant performances took place in Italy - in 1960 in Naples (Carmen), in 1967 and 1973 at the La Scala theater (Martha and Marina Mnishek); in Germany in 1964 (Amneris); in the USA in 1966 (concert tour); in Great Britain at Covent Garden in 1975 and 1988 (Azucena and Ulrica).

In 1997, Arkhipova performed the part of Filippievna in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera.

The singer was engaged in diverse educational, pedagogical and organizational work.

In 1966, she was invited to the jury of the P.I. Tchaikovsky, where since 1974 (except for 1994) she has been the permanent chairperson of the jury in the "solo singing" section.

Since 1967, she has been the permanent chairperson of the jury of the M. I. Glinka Competition.

She has been a member of the jury of many prestigious competitions around the world, including "Voices of Verdi" and the Mario del Monaco Competition in Italy, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, the Maria Callas Competition in Greece, and vocal competitions in Paris and Munich.

Queen of the Opera Stage Irina ArkhipovaJanuary 2 marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Soviet and Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova.

From 1974 to 2003, Arkhipova taught at the Moscow State Conservatory, and became a professor in 1984. Since 1986, she has been the president of the All-Union Musical Society (now the International Union of Musicians).

She was a full member and vice-president of the International Academy of Creativity and the Russian section of the International Academy of Sciences.

Irina Arkhipova was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the sixth convocation in 1962-1966, a people's deputy of the USSR in 1989-1992. In 1993, the Irina Arkhipova Foundation was organized, which supports young performers and organizes festivals.

Irina Arkhipova wrote the books: "My Muses", "Music of Life".

Irina Arkhipova is listed in the Russian Book of Records as the most titled Russian singer.

In 1966, she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 1984, Arkhipova received the gold star of the Hero of Socialist Labor.

She was a laureate of the Lenin Prize and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996).

Her awards include three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and the Russian Orders of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class.

In 1993, she was named "Person of the Year" by the Russian Biographical Institute, and "Person of the Century" by the Cambridge International Biographical Center.

In 1996, Arkhipova was awarded the World Prize of Arts (established by the Marishen Art Management International corporation) - "Diamond Lyre" and the title of "Goddess of Arts".

In the program, Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova talks about her husbands E. A. Arkhipov and Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Pyavko.

The program uses photographs from the singer's archive and fragments of operas and films.

Video: Vladislav Ivanovich Pyavko talks about Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova.